2022 Alaska Beekeeping Workshops

2022 Interior Beekeeping Workshop Schedule:

Fairbanks - March 19th & 20th (Both days for a total of 8 hours) - Monroe Catholic School

615 Monroe St, Fairbanks, AK 99701

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Syllabus:

What is beekeeping? How much honey will I harvest?

How much will this cost me?

• Equipment necessary to keep bees in Alaska
• Biology and races of honeybees
• Members of the hive and their duties
• Where to obtain bee equipment. New, used or building your own equipment.
• Preparing equipment for the arrival of bees

Insulation, feeding bees properly
• What to do when the bees arrive
• Is my queen marked? (queen marking tool)

Hands-on Projects:

1) Management of honeybee colonies in Alaska, The Beekeeper's Calendar

2) Constructing a hive in class

• Running 2-Queen Hives
• Swarming and how to prevent it
• Honeybee diseases
• Extracting your Alaska honey
• Wintering Honeybees 
• Storing your equipment
• Beeswax candle making, lip balm, and lotion bar manufacturing

Cost per family $160.00 for Fairbanks and $180.00 per family for Delta

Includes your own copy of our Beekeeping Handout Book

Door prizes: 1 free package of live honeybees, miscellaneous beekeeping tools, a free consultation with Dawn Cogan, a free extraction tools rental

REGISTRATION:

To register, email Dawn Cogan at dcogan1@alaska.edu and let me know how many people are in your party, which workshop you are registering for, and your phone number so I can call you to answer any workshop questions as well as discuss payment options.